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Date: | Mon, 8 Apr 1996 10:11:41 -0400 |
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>Ivy Fleck Strickler wrote-
>As a grad student advisor, and as a part-time director of an underfunded
>museum, I see a lot of unpaid internships. The best way to "defend" the
>practice, as I see it, is to balance it against what a student would pay if
>he or she took a course in museum practice, instead of taking an unpaid
>internship.
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>Many students have to pay tuition for their internship credits.
Agreed-if you are taking it for credit, you pay by the credit. But I have
had people do internships with us just for the experience, or to enhance
their resume. Then it's a bargain!
Ivy Fleck Strickler Phone 215-895-1637
Drexel University Fax 215-895-4917
Nesbitt College of Design Arts [log in to unmask]
Philadelphia, PA 19104
"Never forget that life is like a Fellini movie, and you're getting to see
it for free=8A"
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